r/period_thoughts

3k members
r/period_thoughts is a subreddit with 3k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses period, cramps, periods, birth control, and anxiety.
Thoughts you have whilst on your period.

Popular Themes in r/period_thoughts

#1
Pain & Anger
: "Today I had PMS and I cried because an ant was on my windshield. I drove it far away from it's colony. It's doomed to live alone forever now."
70 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Why isn’t there a product marketed to removing period stains?!?!"
4 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Should I get my hormones checked?"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Best deal on chocolate."
1 post

Popular Topics in r/period_thoughts

#1

Period

: "Having my Period on christmas fucking sucks"
41 posts
#2

Cramps

: "Those Cramps that are so bad you feel like your going to poop yourself."
15 posts
#3

Periods

: "Every girl ever on their Periods."
10 posts
#4

Birth Control

: "Whenever I start a new pack of Birth Control after the sugar pills I feel like shit ?"
8 posts
#5

Anxiety

: "Period Anxiety"
6 posts
#6

Pms

: "The Pms doesn’t actually make us have horrible thoughts that make furious or depressed, but it just amplifies or reveals the thoughts and emotions that we already have within us. We just have better self-control when our bodies aren’t trying to kick us in the uterus every now and then."
5 posts
#7

Period Pains

: "just a WARNING if you are thinking to buy this for Period Pains. This company SCAMS WOMEN! :("
5 posts
#8

Bloating

: "Does Pamprin help anyone’s Bloating ?"
5 posts
#9

Pain

: "I’m in so ouch Pain right now"
4 posts
#10

Bleeding

3 posts

Member Growth in r/period_thoughts

Yearly
+240 members(8.7%)

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Last updated: September 18, 2026